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much eafier in her Breath, but the Pain and Palpita- 
tion of the Heart continuing. 
As the oily Medicines had occafiojned a violent 
Purging, I order'd her the 'Elixir afthmaticum in 
Cinnamon-Water. Her Pulfe was Bill fo little dif- 
cernible, that though X think it intermitted, yet XI 
cannot be pofitive. 
Upon my telling you on Thurfday my Apprehen- 
fions of a Polypus at her Heart, from the Pain and 
Palpitation of it, you deftred, that, when fhe died, 
her Body might be open'd. To you therefore are we 
indebted for whatever curious was difeover'd. She 
died- on Friday , and her Body was open'd on Satur- 
day. 
Upon expofing the Body naked on the Table, we 
were furprifed with the Sight of a very large and hard 
Swelling in the hypogaftric Region; concluding it at 
the firft View to be a Child ; and the more fo, be- 
caufe the Woman had never made any Complaint of 
an Uneafinefs in thofe Parts. Having open'd the 
Body, we found this Swelling to be of the Uterus , 
which was greatly enlarged, and extremely hard. Be- 
fides the whole Body of the Uterus being thus en- 
larged and hardened, there were two large Protube- 
rances diftinft from each other, that grew prominent 
out of the upper Surface of the Uterus , and were each 
of them of the Size of a large Egg. There was like- 
wife a third Protuberance on the oppoftte Side, but 
much fmaller than the other two; and another that 
feem'd to be but juft budding. We cut down dire&ly 
through one of the large Protuberances into the very 
Body of the Uterus , and found nothing but a folid 
Mafs 
